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Ushi no toki mairi (Japanese: 丑の時参り, lit. "ox-hour shrine-visit") or ushi no koku mairi (丑の刻参り) [2] refers to a prescribed method of laying a curse upon a target that is traditional to Japan, so-called because it is conducted during the hours of the Ox (between 1 and 3 AM).
In Japanese culture, social hierarchy plays a significant role in the way someone speaks to the various people they interact with on a day-to-day basis. [5] Choice on level of speech, politeness, body language and appropriate content is assessed on a situational basis, [6] and intentional misuse of these social cues can be offensive to the listener in conversation.
During the events at Shibuya, she is teamed up with the Zen'in clan head Naobito and later Nanami to dispatch the special grade curse Dagon. After narrowly surviving the curse's Domain Expansion thanks to Megumi barging in with his own, the group is saved by her reanimated cousin Toji Fushiguro.
Kodoku (蠱毒, 'curse poison'), also called kodō (蠱道, 'curse method'), kojutsu (蠱術, 'curse technique'), and fuko (巫蠱, 'sorcery curse') is a type of poisonous magic found in Japanese folklore. It is the Japanese derivative of the Chinese gu magic. It is said to have been widely used in ancient China.
Geto fights Toji and attempts to absorb his cursed spirit but fails, allowing Toji to defeat him. Toji presents Riko's corpse to the Time Vessel Association and collects his payment. He is the confronted by Gojo, who survived by being able to access his reverse cursed technique for the first time to heal himself.
Ice baths have become inextricably linked with fitness, grit and determination – but the Japanese ‘hot water cure’ could be a just as effective (and undoubtedly more pleasant) method.
Author and folklorist Matthew Meyer has described the Kuchisake-onna legend as having roots dating back to Japan's Edo period, which spanned from the 17th to 19th centuries [1] but Japanese literature professor Iikura Yoshiyuki believes it dates from the 1970s. [3] In print, the legend of Kuchisake-onna dates back to at least as early as 1979.
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